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Colorado athletes to watch at the Olympics on Tuesday

Here's who to cheer on Tuesday, from 3x3 basketball to tennis to triathlon.
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Jimmer Fredette, left, and Canyon Berry.

PARIS, France — The U.S. men's 3x3 basketball team will play their first game, with two Colorado players on the roster, and the U.S. women's rugby team competes in the semifinals Tuesday at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.

Here are the Colorado athletes to cheer on Tuesday.

3x3 basketball

The U.S. men’s 3x3 basketball team plays their first game in the pool round against Serbia on Tuesday.

Canyon Barry is from Colorado Springs and went to Cheyenne Mountain High School. Both of his parents, Lynn Norenberg Barry and Rick Barry, played basketball for Team USA. Canyon’s 3x3 team won first place at the 2023 Pan American Games.

Jimmer Fredette is from Glenn Falls, New York, and now lives in Littleton. He was the 10th overall pick in the 2011 NBA Draft and played for seven seasons in the NBA. He was part of the first U.S. Olympic Men’s 3x3 team.

How to watch

Pool Round: Serbia vs. USA
2:35 p.m. MT Tuesday
Television: KUSA, replays at 5 p.m. on USA Network
Streaming: Peacock, NBCOlympics.com, NBC and NBC Sports apps

Basketball

Denver Nuggets point guard Jamal Murray is on the Canadian men’s basketball team, which plays their second game Tuesday against Australia. The Canadians lost their first game of group play to France, 75-54.

Murray is from Kitchener, Ontario, and also played for Team Canada in the 2015 Toronto Games, when Canada won the silver.

How to watch

Group A: Canada vs. Australia
5:30 a.m. MT Tuesday
Television: 7 a.m. MT on USA Network
Streaming: Peacock, NBCOlympics.com, NBC and NBC Sports apps

Rugby

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Sammy Sullivan in action during HSBC rugby sevens series in Singapore, on May 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Suhaimi Abdullah)

The U.S. women’s rugby team will play New Zealand in the semifinals on Tuesday, a day after defeating Great Britain 17-7 in the quarterfinals.

Depending on how the game goes, they will play later Tuesday in the bronze medal game at 11 a.m. or the gold medal final at 11:45 a.m. Both of those games will air on USA Network starting at 3 p.m.

Colorado Gray Wolves player Sammy Sullivan, who lives in Glendale, is on the roster for the U.S. women’s rugby team. She started playing rugby at West Point and holds the rank of Army captain. She’s originally from Fayetteville, North Carolina.

How to watch

Semifinals: New Zealand vs. USA
7:30 a.m. MT Tuesday
Television: USA Network
Streaming: Peacock, NBCOlympics.com, NBC and NBC Sports apps

Soccer

The U.S. men’s soccer team will play their third game against Guinea. They previously lost to France 3-0 and beat New Zealand 4-1.

On the roster is Colorado Rapids midfielder Djordje Mihailovic. He’s originally from Jacksonville, Florida, and now lives in the Denver metro area. He previously played for Chicago Fire FC and in Montreal and the Netherlands. This is his first Olympics.

How to watch

Group A: USA vs. Guinea
11 a.m. MT Tuesday
Television: USA Network, Telemundo, replay at 10 p.m. on USA Network
Streaming: Peacock, NBCOlympics.com, NBC and NBC Sports apps

Tennis

Rajeev Ram, originally from Denver, is a former world No. 1 and is competing in doubles with another former No. 1, Austin Krajicek. He’s a three-time Olympian and won silver at the 2016 Rio Games in mixed doubles. His current hometown of Carmel, Indiana, named a street temporarily in his honor.

Rajeev and Krajicek defeated an Australia pair in their first match on Monday.

How to watch

Men’s doubles: USA vs. Brazil
5:30 a.m. MT Tuesday
Television: None
Streaming: Peacock, NBCOlympics.com, NBC and NBC Sports apps

Triathlon

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Morgan Pearson runs during the mixed relay triathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 31, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Morgan Pearson, from New Vernon, New Jersey, is a seven-time All-American at the University of Colorado Boulder. He won a silver medal as a member of the U.S. relay team at the debut mixed relay event in Tokyo. In 2021, he became the first American man to win multiple World Triathlon Champion Series medals.

How to watch

Men’s Triathlon, medal round
Midnight MT Tuesday
Television: USA Network, replay at 8 a.m. and 11:05 p.m. on KUSA
Streaming: Peacock, NBCOlympics.com, NBC and NBC Sports apps

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